A Look at the Necrotic Affix in 8.1

Necrotic has seen a change in 8.1 to its damage type, which prevents Death Knights from using Anti-Magic Shell to prevent applications of the debuff. Paladins should also use Blessing of Protection, rather than Blessing of Spellwarding, to prevent Necrotic in 8.1.\r\rWe cover this and other undocumented changes to dungeons in our 8.1 Dungeon Changes Compendium.\r\r\r\rNecrotic Affix Changes\r\rFerita Necrotica is now a Physical Damage Over Time effect instead of Magical. \r\r\rYou can see the changes to the ability in the comparison tooltip above.\rName Change: If you use any Weakauras or addons that call the Necrotic debuff by name, you'll need to update it to Ferita Necrotica.\rDamage Type Change: Ferita Necrotica no longer is a Magical Debuff, but a Physical debuff instead!\rDeath Knights will no longer be able to use Scudo Antimagia to prevent applications of the debuff.\rPaladins will no longer be able to use Benedizione della Protezione Magica to prevent applications of the debuff but can use Benedizione della Protezione to remove applications of the debuff instead. The downside to using Benedizione della Protezione is mobs will ignore you while its active, so you are unable to have 10 seconds of immunity to Necrotic like while Benedizione della Protezione Magica.\r\r\r\r\rWith the meta previously being mostly Blood Death Knights, will this shake up the meta at all on Necrotic weeks?\r\rDamage Done\r\rThis was not a change in 8.1 and functioned the same way in 8.0.\r\rAt first glance, it may look like the change to a Physical DoT makes it so you'll take less damage from it. However, all Physical DoTs in WoW are considered Bleeds (which ignore armor). This means that Armor increasing mitigation (Scudo del Virtuoso, Aculei Demoniaci) have no effect on these types of abilities. You'll be taking amount the same amount of damage from the DoT itself.\r\rThe damage that the Ferita Necrotica does is very small, but the damage scales based on a number of factors.\r\rThe Ferita Necrotica debuff inherits all Keystone modifiers by the mob that applied it.\r\rThis means that the most common factors that affect the damage are:\rKeystone Level - Higher Keystone levels increase the base damage done of creatures.\rFortified or Tyrannical Affixes - Necrotic applied by Trash on Fortified weeks or by Bosses on Tyrannical weeks will deal more damage.\rStacks - The more stacks you have, the more damage it'll deal!\r\rBut like we said earlier, generally the DoT component will be small but if you decide to do a high Sethraliss key, on a Fortified week, you might want to watch how much damage you're taking from the DoT.

Commento di DONalex

Commento di ercarp

if it counts as a bleed can the dwarf racials remove it now?\r\rCurious about this as well. If I had to guess, it probably doesn't.

Commento di Proegel

on 2018-12-19T04:50:16-06:00

Time for Difesa Finale in Paladin\r\rYou don't need Difesa Finale. Just pop bubble and remove it instantly with \/cancelaura. A macro with \/cast Divine Shield \/cancelaura Divine Shield will cast it on first click and cancel it on second (luckily \/cancelaura is not yet on GCD). If Necrotic behaves like all other bleeds, this should work as well. So removing Necrotic is easier now for paladins (Spellwarding was not instant drop. Blessing of Protection should be).

Commento di raphilsk

on 2018-12-19T07:29:37-06:00

good move blizz \rthis is the best opportunity to give a movementation to dks, as ams was the only way dks had to counter necrotic, while all the other tanks can kite and all with ease\ror u can kep thinking "no dk is too op we need to nerf it ams so he wont counter necrotic, no tank can do it" yeah because no other tank have dk movement limitation

Commento di Kissoflife

on 2018-12-19T07:30:55-06:00

That is good at least they do not ruin someone else keys if they are not willing to improve.

Commento di percel

on 2018-12-19T08:52:09-06:00

Removed

You know you can just kite mobs like it was done before? LuL

Commento di sikhjatt23

on 2018-12-19T10:04:12-06:00

good move blizz \rthis is the best opportunity to give a movementation to dks, as ams was the only way dks had to counter necrotic, while all the other tanks can kite and all with ease\ror u can kep thinking "no dk is too op we need to nerf it ams so he wont counter necrotic, no tank can do it" yeah because no other tank have dk movement limitation\r\rYou do know that druids can tank too right?

Commento di sinangelus

on 2018-12-19T11:14:18-06:00

good move blizz \rthis is the best opportunity to give a movementation to dks, as ams was the only way dks had to counter necrotic, while all the other tanks can kite and all with ease\ror u can kep thinking "no dk is too op we need to nerf it ams so he wont counter necrotic, no tank can do it" yeah because no other tank have dk movement limitation\r\rYou do know that druids can tank too right? Hopefully ursol's vortex and typhoon should help druids reset necrotc, unless there are mobs immune to these effects.

Commento di warsn

on 2018-12-19T11:29:10-06:00

I did a few lower keys last night, 8s and ursol's and typhoon are such a godsend in keys with necrotic. Eve had a resto druid who would drop ursol's as well just made it a breeze. Shrine of the storm was never so enjoyable!

Commento di Starkonium

on 2018-12-19T11:39:22-06:00

good move blizz \rthis is the best opportunity to give a movementation to dks, as ams was the only way dks had to counter necrotic, while all the other tanks can kite and all with ease\ror u can kep thinking "no dk is too op we need to nerf it ams so he wont counter necrotic, no tank can do it" yeah because no other tank have dk movement limitation\r\rYou do know that druids can tank too right?\r\rDruids? Tanking? In BFA? Thought I'd never see the day. I miss the glory of Legion bears.

Commento di dawilson06

on 2018-12-19T11:49:15-06:00

good move blizz \rthis is the best opportunity to give a movementation to dks, as ams was the only way dks had to counter necrotic, while all the other tanks can kite and all with ease\ror u can kep thinking "no dk is too op we need to nerf it ams so he wont counter necrotic, no tank can do it" yeah because no other tank have dk movement limitation\r\rThis guy must have forgotten that DKs have the strongest tank slow% in game, castable at 30 yards. My heart goes out to you..

Commento di Holysamole

on 2018-12-19T11:54:48-06:00

Seems like an interesting change. But alas people will complain about everything these days...

Commento di Shamcloth

on 2018-12-19T12:30:24-06:00

So now we will see a paladin meta instead of a dk meta. Trade one op ability against necrotic for another *clap*

Commento di Nnyco

on 2018-12-19T12:44:53-06:00

that change just will make even less tanks show up during necrotic week